I am not an expert, sorry! .... but my DS is 2e and struggles a lot with reading and writing. It is very hard to see him stumbling through 2nd-grade texts while he can understand much-higher grade texts. This is all the harder as on one hand DW is on the repetition side and on the other hand, I am on the "let's help him" side, just to provide him pleasure. His speech therapist is rather on the mother's side. So as she is the expert, I have just to bow down .... Well, I never asked her about audiobooks and this topic makes feel like I should.
The fact is that I like a lot the answer of polarbear, even if it also sounds quite pessimistics since I still think that DS can make improvements in reading (well it is actually the case) and in writing (very very tiny progresses). Is it a good thing to rely on technology in the economical crisis context we are facing at least in Europe (I am afraid the future of our children is not very shiny)?
As HowlerKarma, I do not think that life can be easy for a non-reader, at least in our occidental societies. Nevertheless, I am currently reading "the dyslexic advantage" when I can find spare time. This book really gives me a kick in the a**. It helps me a lot in understanding DS and in believing in his capabilities. Especially, it opens my eyes on the fact that beneath the downsides of dyslexia, strengthes are hidden. However, the authors present a lot of success story, but how many lost children for one success story (just as in sports)?
What I personnaly think is that our dyslexic kids must take advantages of computers to lower their struggling stress. It is a chance that former pre-computer-age dyslexics did not have. Nevertheless, I will go on with making him try to read and write although I often wonder what is the point (especially for writing). It is very hard to find the right balance ...
I will try to convince DW with letting him listening to audio stuffes (books or whatever).
